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January 12, 2022

Cyberspace Comics Market Report #136 January 2022

Filed under: Cyberspace Comics Market Report — Tags: , , , , — cyberspace steve @ 10:00 am

I started selling comics full-time in 2010 and wanted to track my progress against the online back issue markets. Here’s a look at the current comics aftermarket and my progress in achieving my goal of becoming a prominent back issue dealer.

one month change one year change five year change
Listings in eBay’s Comics section 6,085,265 -1.10% +4.90% +69.60%
Cyberspace Comics listings 139,219 +0.44% +2.53% +35.67%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on eBay 2.29% +1.68% -2.23% -20.01%
Number of eBay comic listings that are auctions 246,727 -4.13% +5.84% +67.39%
Percentage of eBay comic listings up for auction 4.05% -3.00% +0.86% -1.35%
Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section (90 days) 1,425,009 +0.99% +2.94% +44.22%
Number of listings sold in eBay’s comics section divided by current listings 23.42% +2.13% -1.86% -14.97%


Total number of listings in eBay’s “comics” section

My current eBay feedback (unique): 90,031
My current eBay feedback (total): 210,812
My positive eBay feedback score: 100%

one month change one year change five year change
Listings on Atomic Avenue 1,725,186 +0.43% +4.23% +25.03%
Listings in the Cyberspace Comics Store on Atomic Avenue 124,864 +0.69% +3.54% +28.53%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on AtomicAvenue 7.24% +0.25% -0.72% +2.81%
Cyberspace Comics estimated “market share” of AtomicAvenue orders 2.71% +38.27% -41.47% -74.60%
Number of unique issues on Atomic Avenue 248,673 +0.95% +4.70% +5.46%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of unique issues on AtomicAvenue 50.21% -0.25% -1.10% +21.87%


Total number of comics listed on Atomic Avenue
one month change one year change five year change
Number of members on ComicCollectorLive 236,712 +0.14% +7.39% +74.12%
Number of items for sale on ComicCollectorLive 1,365,334 -0.73% -2.93% -15.60%
Number of items sold on ComicCollectorLive 2,734,292 +0.39% +5.49% +26.65%
Number of stores open on ComicCollectorLive 45 -2.17% -23.73% -52.13%
one month change one year change five year change
Number of listings in HipComic’s Comic Books section 1,070,085 +9.66% +101.07% +421.24%
Number of those listings that are in the Cyberspace Comics HipComic store: 112,708 +193.49% -15.68% +11.04%
Cyberspace Comics “market share” of comic listings on HipComic 10.53% +167.33% -58.07% -78.70%

 
 

eBay‘s number of listings continue to remain above 6 million!

Atomic Avenue: Our percentage of the total number of orders has dropped off sharply since we began implementing a high-dollar minimum order. This has helped prevent “hot” issues from selling out to speculators without purchases of more common stock. We now have available, in stock, half of every single comic listed on this marketplace.

Comic Collector Live: The number of stores has dropped by over 50% in the past five years.

HipComic‘s number of listings have had strong growth in the past year. Unfortunately, syncing problems are still persistent, although we’ve gained back a good portion of them since last month.






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